Bill Text: CA ACR14 | 2015-2016 | Regular Session | Chaptered
Bill Title: Deputy Sheriff Yevhen "Eugene" Kostiuchenko Memorial
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2015-07-21 - Chaptered by Secretary of State - Res. Chapter 114, Statutes of 2015. [ACR14 Detail]
Download: California-2015-ACR14-Chaptered.html
BILL NUMBER: ACR 14 CHAPTERED
BILL TEXT
RESOLUTION CHAPTER 114
FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE JULY 21, 2015
ADOPTED IN SENATE JULY 6, 2015
ADOPTED IN ASSEMBLY JULY 9, 2015
AMENDED IN SENATE JULY 1, 2015
INTRODUCED BY Assembly Member Irwin
JANUARY 29, 2015
Relative to the Deputy Sheriff Yevhen "Eugene" Kostiuchenko
Memorial Highway.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
ACR 14, Irwin. Deputy Sheriff Yevhen "Eugene" Kostiuchenko
Memorial Highway.
This measure would designate a specified portion of State Highway
Route 101 in the County of Ventura as the Deputy Sheriff Yevhen
"Eugene" Kostiuchenko Memorial Highway. The measure would request
that the Department of Transportation determine the cost of
appropriate signs showing this special designation and, upon
receiving donations from nonstate sources covering that cost, erect
those signs.
WHEREAS, Ventura County Deputy Sheriff Yevhen "Eugene"
Kostiuchenko was born in Kiev, Ukraine, to Anatoliy and Nadiia
Kostiuchenko on January 30, 1973, and was one of two children born to
the Kostiuchenkos, including a brother Oleksandr; and
WHEREAS, Eugene was raised in Kiev, Ukraine, where he attended
secondary school from 1980 through 1990. Later, he attended the
Military University of Defense of Russian Federation in Moscow where
he received a master's degree in linguistics; and
WHEREAS, Eugene was fluent in four languages: Ukrainian, Russian,
English, and Farsi. Eugene could also communicate in German; and
WHEREAS, Eugene achieved the rank of captain in the Ukrainian
armed forces where he served from 1995 to 1999; and
WHEREAS, Eugene was a military intelligence officer and served as
a liaison with the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Drug
Enforcement Administration, and the Central Intelligence Agency.
Eugene held the very prestigious position of serving as the adjutant
to the general of the Ukrainian army; and
WHEREAS, Eugene began his career with the County of Ventura in
April 2003. He initially worked as a program administrator with the
Sheriff's Office of Emergency Services where he assisted with
training and response plans for the county's Terrorism Working Group;
and
WHEREAS, On July 5, 2007, Eugene was hired as a deputy sheriff
trainee and began the rigorous five-month training program at the
Sheriff's Regional Training Center; and
WHEREAS, Eugene was a member of Class 2007-2 that began with 25
sheriff's recruits and graduated 20. Through Eugene's discipline,
dedication, and work ethic, he was one of the successful 3 percent
who made it all the way from the initial application process to
graduation; and
WHEREAS, Eugene was sworn in as a deputy sheriff on November 29,
2007, and worked in the Detention Services Division until October
2013. After working in two custody facilities, he was transferred to
patrol in the City of Camarillo where he began patrol training; and
WHEREAS, Eugene completed patrol training in April 2014, and
worked as a patrol deputy in Camarillo, proudly serving the residents
of that city; and
WHEREAS, Eugene was an avid runner who could often be seen running
through the streets of Camarillo as he trained for the Baker to
Vegas Challenge Cup Relay. This event, often referred to as the
ultimate foot pursuit, is a difficult relay race consisting of 120
miles and 20 stages that starts in Baker, California, and ends in Las
Vegas, Nevada. Eugene was a member of the Sheriff's Office elite
competitive team and would often run the hardest and longest legs of
the race; and
WHEREAS, On October 28, 2014, Eugene had completed an early
morning traffic stop and was walking back to his patrol vehicle when
he was struck and killed by an intoxicated driver; and
WHEREAS, Eugene enforced the law with enthusiasm but was also
kind, compassionate, and caring. He loved animals and had future
aspirations to become a canine handler and a member of the Sheriff's
Bomb Squad. Those goals were not achieved due to his untimely
passing, but there is no doubt he would have been successful in those
endeavors as he was in all the other areas of his life; and
WHEREAS, Eugene will be truly missed by all who had the pleasure
and honor of knowing him; now, therefore, be it
Resolved by the Assembly of the State of California, the Senate
thereof concurring, That the Legislature hereby designates the
2.040-mile portion of State Highway Route 101 between Lewis
Road/Junction State Route 34 at mile post 13.848 and Las Posas Road
at mile post 15.888 in the County of Ventura as the Deputy Sheriff
Yevhen "Eugene" Kostiuchenko Memorial Highway; and be it further
Resolved, That the Department of Transportation is requested to
determine the cost of appropriate signs consistent with the signing
requirements for the state highway system showing this special
designation and, upon receiving donations from nonstate sources
sufficient to cover that cost, to erect those signs; and be it
further
Resolved, That the Chief Clerk of the Assembly transmit copies of
this resolution to the Director of Transportation and to the author
for appropriate distribution.
